Quran 6:137 — Al-An'aam, verse 137
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
In the same way, their idols have induced many of the pagans to kill their own children, bringing them ruin and confusion in their faith: if God had willed otherwise they would not have done this, so [Prophet] leave them to their own devices.
وَكَذَٰلِكَ زَيَّنَ لِكَثِيرٍ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ قَتْلَ أَوْلَادِهِمْ شُرَكَاؤُهُمْ لِيُرْدُوهُمْ وَلِيَلْبِسُوا عَلَيْهِمْ دِينَهُمْ ۖ وَلَوْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ مَا فَعَلُوهُ ۖ فَذَرْهُمْ وَمَا يَفْتَرُونَ
wakadhālika zayyana likathīrin mina l-mush'rikīna qatla awlādihim shurakāuhum liyur'dūhum waliyalbisū ʿalayhim dīnahum walaw shāa l-lahu mā faʿalūhu fadharhum wamā yaftarūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Thus those associates of theirs have decked out fair to many idolaters to slay their children, to destroy them, and to confuse their religion for them. Had God willed, they would not have done so; so leave them to their forging.
- Muhammad Asad
- And, likewise, their belief in beings or powers that are supposed to have a share in God's divinity makes [even] the slaying of their children seem goodly to many of those who ascribe divinity to aught beside God, thus bringing them to ruin and confusing them in their faith. Yet, unless God had so willed, they would not be doing all this: stand, therefore, aloof from them and all their false imagery!
- Sahih International
- And likewise, to many of the polytheists their partners have made [to seem] pleasing the killing of their children in order to bring about their destruction and to cover them with confusion in their religion. And if Allāh had willed, they would not have done so. So leave them and that which they invent.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālika | And likewise | — |
| 2 | زَيَّنَzayyana | made pleasing | زين |
| 3 | لِكَثِيرٍۢlikathīrin | to many | كثر |
| 4 | مِّنَmina | of | — |
| 5 | ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَl-mush'rikīna | the polytheists | شرك |
| 6 | قَتْلَqatla | (the) killing | قتل |
| 7 | أَوْلَـٰدِهِمْawlādihim | (of) their children | ولد |
| 8 | شُرَكَآؤُهُمْshurakāuhum | their partners | شرك |
| 9 | لِيُرْدُوهُمْliyur'dūhum | so that they may ruin them | ردي |
| 10 | وَلِيَلْبِسُوا۟waliyalbisū | and that they make confusing | لبس |
| 11 | عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhim | to them | — |
| 12 | دِينَهُمْ ۖdīnahum | their religion | دين |
| 13 | وَلَوْwalaw | And if | — |
| 14 | شَآءَshāa | (had) willed | شيأ |
| 15 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 16 | مَاmā | not | — |
| 17 | فَعَلُوهُ ۖfaʿalūhu | (would) they have done so | فعل |
| 18 | فَذَرْهُمْfadharhum | So leave them | وذر |
| 19 | وَمَاwamā | and what | — |
| 20 | يَفْتَرُونَyaftarūna | they invent | فري |